Personnel Security Adjudicator

US Treasury, Departmental Offices; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

US Treasury, Departmental Offices, Terrorism and Financial Intelligence - Intelligence Analysis, is seeking a Senior Personnel Security Specialist to oversee the Personnel Security Branch. The position is a term appointment with potential extension up to four years, located in Washington, DC.

The successful candidate will review background investigations, adjudicate credentialing, and ensure regulatory compliance with personnel security laws and guidelines.

Qualifications

• Experience reviewing and adjudicating completed investigation reports and making determinations regarding credentialing, suitability, fitness, or eligibility to occupy national security positions.
• Experience applying personnel security laws, regulations, policies, or adjudicative guidelines and utilizing personnel security data management systems and resources to support personnel security determinations and ensure regulatory compliance.

Skills

Background investigations

Personnel security

Education

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

3 years of grad study toward a degree

LL.M.

Job description

This is a Term appointment with an initial expectation to last one year and one day. At the agency's discretion, this appointment may be extended without further competition up to a maximum not-to-exceed (NTE) total of four years. This position is located at Departmental Offices, Terrorism and Financial Intelligence - Intelligence Analysis. The primary purpose of this position is to serve as Senior Personnel Security Specialist within the DO Personnel Security Branch.

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:

For the GS-13, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized Experience for this position includes:

• Experience reviewing and adjudicating completed investigation reports and making determinations regarding credentialing, suitability, fitness, or eligibility to occupy national security positions, including recommending or taking appropriate action on unfavorable findings; AND
• Experience applying personnel security laws, regulations, policies, or adjudicative guidelines and utilizing personnel security data management systems and resources to support personnel security determinations and ensure regulatory compliance.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:

For the GS-12, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized Experience for this position includes:

• Experience reviewing and evaluating background investigations and other personnel security records to identify and evaluate issues related to credentialing, suitability, fitness, or eligibility to occupy national security positions; AND
• Experience applying personnel security regulations, policies, procedures, or adjudicative guidelines to recommend, process, or document personnel security actions.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:

For the GS-11, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized Experience for this position includes:

• Experience reviewing background investigation reports, personnel records, or other security-related documentation and applying established personnel security regulations, policies, procedures, or guidelines to process or support credentialing, suitability, fitness, or personnel security actions.

OR EDUCATION:

You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows:

• Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, if related; OR
• 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, if related; OR
• LL.M., if related.

OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:

You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education.

The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full‑time work; part‑time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resumé.

*Note: If you are qualifying using education and you are within 9 months of graduating you may tentatively qualify. However, you must graduate and/or meet all qualification requirements prior to being appointed to the position.